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G. WENZELMABEN.

GATE HINGE. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 9,1914. I 1,133,417., Patented Mar. 30, 1915.

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closure for said guide, whereby the ad 20 is securely retained and whereby the gate body and all parts fixed thereto may move freely ing the free end of the gate. An anti-friction washer 23 is preferably interposed be tween the nut 22 and the adj acentend of the casing 11; and the eye 21 being made of a rod circular in its cross section will be free to move or flex slightly on the pintle 10. The casing may be either a casting or a stamping. V

The eye 21, being held by the pintle 10, restrains the nut 22 from forward movement, and it and the washer 23 restrain the staple 11 from like movement, and said staple being rigidly secured to the brace 6 and standard 3 restrain them in like manner, and in this they are aided by the clips 19, which lock the upper portion of said standard.

Should the gate body after long usage sag, proper adjustments of the nut 22'will replace it in normal position. Should it be desired to elevate the free end of the gate body, further adjustment of said nut will cause the casing 11 to be forced backwardly on the rod 20 to thereby tilt said body as desired. And should the supporting post become inclined toward the gate, causing its free end to droop or sag, adjustments of said nut toward the post will drive said casing backward and it will carry with it the entire gate body, the pintle 10 then acting as a fulcrum, whereby said free end will be elevated and the gate thus reassume its proper operative position.

It is difiicult to so hang a gate of this character that it will swing in a true horizontal plane, or in such other plane as might casing, and a It is to be noted that both the upper and lower hinges are securedonly' to the metallic portions of the gate body. The benefits arising from this structure are that there will be no weakening, splitting or wear on the wood slats caused by the passage of the bolts therethrough and the relatively great strain of the weight of the gate thereon.

, Having thus described the nature, purposes, objects, operation and advantages of my invention I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent the following, namely: l

1. In a gate'hinge, an elongated casing having slitted lateral extensions, a portion of each of said extensions bent toform a clip, a'hinge-rod having a threa'ded'end, arranged for. movement longitudinally in said nut engaged with the threads on said rod. A. f 1 e 2. In'a gate hinge, an' elongated'casing having a raised semicircular longitudinal central portion andhaving slitted' lateral extensions, a portion of each of said exten sions bent to forma clip, a hinge-rod slidablyseated in the concave of the casing, and V Gapics of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner ot Patents.

Washington, D. 0. a 

